{"id":151248,"date":"2025-02-20T09:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T09:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/ryan-reynolds-pitched-snl-50-joke-amid-justin-baldoni-drama-staffer\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T09:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T09:36:13","slug":"ryan-reynolds-pitched-snl-50-joke-amid-justin-baldoni-drama-staffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/ryan-reynolds-pitched-snl-50-joke-amid-justin-baldoni-drama-staffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Reynolds Pitched SNL 50 Joke Amid Justin Baldoni Drama: Staffer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"121.34634492548\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:112.2%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ryan-reynolds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ryan Reynolds<\/strong><\/a> came up with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ryan-reynolds-jokes-about-it-ends-with-us-legal-battle-at-snl-50\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>SNL 50: The Anniversary Special<\/em> joke<\/a> amid his legal drama with<strong> Justin Baldoni<\/strong>, according to one long-time <em>SNL<\/em> staffer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had a different line in rehearsal and he pitched that to replace it,\u201d <strong>Wally Feresten<\/strong>, better known as Cue Card Wally, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.listnr.com\/podcast\/fifi-fev-and-nick\/episode\/guest-snls-cue-card-wally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> on the Tuesday, February 18, episode of Australian breakfast radio show <em>Fifi, Fev &amp; Nick<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was his idea to do it,\u201d Feresten continued.<\/p>\n<p>Feresten went on to say, \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t want to do anything too controversial unless they were in on it. So yeah, that was his line. That was his idea to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to <em>SNL<\/em> for comment.<\/p>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/every-saturday-night-live-star-who-skipped-snl-50\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunday, February 16, <em>SNL<\/em> special<\/a>,<strong> Tina Fey<\/strong> and<strong> Amy Poehler<\/strong> took the stage and called on celebrities in the audience for a Q&amp;A session. When Reynolds, 48, raised his hand, Fey and Poehler asked how he was doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I\u2019m doing] great. Why, what have you heard?\u201d he replied. Reynolds\u2019 wife,<strong> Blake Lively<\/strong>, 37, kept her face void of emotion while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-attend-snl-50-amid-justin-baldoni-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sitting next to her husband<\/a> during the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Lively has been embroiled in a legal battle with<em> It Ends With Us<\/em> director and costar Baldoni since December 2024. At the time, she filed a complaint against the actor\u2019s Wayfarer Studios production company, accusing him of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. (Lively has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/blake-lively-sues-it-ends-with-us-director-justin-baldoni-in-new-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since filed a lawsuit<\/a> against Baldoni that includes similar accusations. Baldoni continues to deny all allegations against him.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.4%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full credit-added wp-image-3890063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Justin Baldoni Lawyer Responds to Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds at SNL50\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Justin-Baldoni-Lawyer-Responds-to-Blake-Lively-and-Ryan-Reynolds-at-SNL50-3.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">SNL\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In January, Baldoni <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/justin-baldonis-400m-blake-lively-lawsuit-experts-explain-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed his own lawsuit<\/a> against Lively, Reynolds and publicist <strong>Leslie Sloane<\/strong> for $400 million, accusing them of extortion, defamation and false light invasion of privacy, among other claims. Lively\u2019s legal team called Baldoni\u2019s strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/blake-lively-responds-to-justin-baldonis-new-400-million-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cdesperate\u201d<\/a> in a statement to<em> Us<\/em>\u00a0last month. The legal battle is set to go to trial next year.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni\u2019s lawyer,<strong> Bryan Freedman<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/justin-baldonis-lawyer-replies-to-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-at-snl-50\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> Reynolds\u2019<em> SNL 50<\/em> joke on the Monday, February 17, episode of the \u201cHot Mics With Billy Bush\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m unaware of anybody, frankly, whose wife has been sexually harassed and has made jokes about that type of situation. I can\u2019t think of anyone who\u2019s done anything like that,\u201d Freedman said. \u201cSo it surprised me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.483870967742\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/how-blake-lively-says-she-has-been-affected-by-justin-baldoni-lawsuit\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Blake-Lively-Claims-Emotional-Impact-of-Justin-Baldoni-Lawsuit-Is-Extreme-Feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Blake Lively Claims Emotional Impact of Justin Baldoni Lawsuit Is Extreme\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Blake-Lively-Claims-Emotional-Impact-of-Justin-Baldoni-Lawsuit-Is-Extreme-Feature.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/how-blake-lively-says-she-has-been-affected-by-justin-baldoni-lawsuit\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">How Blake Lively Says She Has Been Affected by Justin Baldoni Lawsuit<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBlake Lively alleges she has been emotionally and physically affected by her ongoing legal battle with It Ends With Us costar Justin Baldoni. \u201cThe emotional impact on Ms. Lively has been extreme, not only affecting her, but her family, including her husband and four children,\u201d Lively\u2019s lawyers claim in newly filed court documents obtained by [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, former <em>Real Housewives of New York City<\/em> star <strong>Bethenny Frankel<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/bethenny-frankel-praises-ryan-reynolds-brilliant-snl-50-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised the<em> Deadpool &amp; Wolverine<\/em> star<\/a> for not shying away from the recent legal drama.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely brilliant of <em>SNL<\/em> to invite and include Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively to lean into the humor. They are the epicenter of pop culture. It is the zeitgeist. Bullseye,\u201d Frankel, 54, said in a TikTok video posted Sunday. \u201cFor Ryan and Blake to participate is nothing short of genius because the only way to weather a storm is to go straight through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cAs I keep saying, no one knows what actually happened. So, all of the speculation is tricky and risky business, but that was very smart. Bravo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Lively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/blake-lively-accuses-justin-baldoni-of-making-other-women-uncomfortable-on-set-in-amended-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed an amended lawsuit<\/a> against Baldoni, 41, accusing him of making other women \u201cuncomfortable\u201d on the set of <em>It Ends With Us<\/em>. \u201cOur clients have been transparent in providing receipts, real-time documents and video showing a completely different story than what has been manipulated and cherry-picked to the media,\u201d Baldoni\u2019s lawyer, Freedman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/justin-baldonis-lawyers-slam-blake-livelys-new-other-women-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a statement to <em>Us<\/em><\/a> on Wednesday, February 19. \u201cOur clients have taken this matter and these issues very seriously notwithstanding the jokes made publicly by the plaintiff and her husband.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ryan-reynolds-came-up-with-snl-50-joke-amid-justin-baldoni-legal-drama-says-staffer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images Ryan Reynolds came up with his SNL 50: The Anniversary Special joke amid his legal drama with Justin Baldoni, according to one long-time SNL staffer. \u201cHe had a different line in rehearsal and he pitched that to replace it,\u201d Wally Feresten, better known as Cue Card Wally, shared on the Tuesday, February [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-151248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}